Swathi Kiran@Center for Brain Recovery at BU
@swathikiran.bsky.social
Brain imaging, aphasia, stroke recovery, neuroscience, bilingualism, connectivity, language in the brain
Funded by PCORI, CBR will be partnering with the National Aphasia Association and NSU Florida on an initiative to identify the most significant impacts faced by people with aphasia and establish research priorities for the future.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Funded by PCORI, CBR will be partnering with the National Aphasia Association and NSU Florida on an initiative to identify the most significant impacts faced by people with aphasia and establish research priorities for the future.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s
Reposted by Swathi Kiran@Center for Brain Recovery at BU
Happy to share that I recently defended my dissertation! Big thanks to my committee, my INCREDIBLE colleagues, and
@swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.
@swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy to share that I recently defended my dissertation! Big thanks to my committee, my INCREDIBLE colleagues, and
@swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.
@swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.
Join us Monday, November 17th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Jet Vonk, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis
Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B
Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis
Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Join us Monday, November 17th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Jet Vonk, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis
Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B
Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis
Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B
Congratulations to Dr. Manuel J. Marte for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "A multimodal and naturalistic approach to assessment in aphasia"! @mjm.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Manuel J. Marte for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "A multimodal and naturalistic approach to assessment in aphasia"! @mjm.bsky.social
On October 24th, leading researchers from the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area to present their groundbreaking work leveraging #AI and #MachineLearning for diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On October 24th, leading researchers from the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area to present their groundbreaking work leveraging #AI and #MachineLearning for diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.
Really looking forward to this seminar. We are doing so much work in #DigitalTech for #assessments and #treatments- happy to share and get feedback
Please join our INS @insneuro.bsky.social #Teleneurosychology & #DigitalTech SIG @teleneuropsych.bsky.social WEBINAR!
Invited speakers: Dr. Rhoda Au, Dr. Swathi Kiran @swathikiran.bsky.social
📌Digital Assessment & Treatments for Stroke and Dementia
🗓️ Oct 31, 1pm EST
Registration info👇
Invited speakers: Dr. Rhoda Au, Dr. Swathi Kiran @swathikiran.bsky.social
📌Digital Assessment & Treatments for Stroke and Dementia
🗓️ Oct 31, 1pm EST
Registration info👇
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Really looking forward to this seminar. We are doing so much work in #DigitalTech for #assessments and #treatments- happy to share and get feedback
How can tactical sensation impact robotic limb performance?
At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function.
Watch her full talk at
At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function.
Watch her full talk at
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October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How can tactical sensation impact robotic limb performance?
At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function.
Watch her full talk at
At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function.
Watch her full talk at
This morning, the Center for Brain Recovery received a special visit from Boston University's community resource dog, Bean!
Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team.
Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!
Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team.
Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This morning, the Center for Brain Recovery received a special visit from Boston University's community resource dog, Bean!
Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team.
Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!
Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team.
Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!
What if electrotherapy was available like a band-aid?
At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy.
Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel
At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy.
Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel
N.E.W. Conference 2025 | Marom Bikson: Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy
Marom Bikson, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at City College of New York, opened the first Symposium at the Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference 2025, held at Boston University.
Symposium #1 was entitled: Neuroprosthetics and Neuromodulation from Clinic to Daily Life. Bikson
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September 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What if electrotherapy was available like a band-aid?
At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy.
Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel
At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy.
Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel
Join us Monday, September 29th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Rhoda Au, Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, as well as a PI of the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program.
Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie
Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie
September 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join us Monday, September 29th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Rhoda Au, Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, as well as a PI of the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program.
Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie
Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie
📢 New Bilingual Aphasia Research!
“Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia”
By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran
“Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia”
By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran
September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📢 New Bilingual Aphasia Research!
“Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia”
By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran
“Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia”
By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran
Excited to be editing this special issue with @qzhever.bsky.social on this super current topic of “Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Wild” see link for submission guidelines
I am co-editing a special issue on the "Neural Bases of Language Processing in the Wild" together with @swathikiran.bsky.social on Brain and Language (zero embargo period). If you are interested, I am happy to chat more (currently at my favorite #snl2025). www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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September 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excited to be editing this special issue with @qzhever.bsky.social on this super current topic of “Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Wild” see link for submission guidelines
Hugo Spiers' keynote presentation, Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean, from the 2025 Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference is now live on the CBR YouTube channel. @hugospiers.bsky.social
youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...
youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...
N.E.W. Conference 2025 | Hugo Spiers (Keynote): Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean
YouTube video by Boston University Center for Brain Recovery
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September 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hugo Spiers' keynote presentation, Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean, from the 2025 Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference is now live on the CBR YouTube channel. @hugospiers.bsky.social
youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...
youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...
Join us Monday, September 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Simona Mancini, Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor / Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group leader at the Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language.
Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1
Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us Monday, September 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Simona Mancini, Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor / Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group leader at the Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language.
Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1
Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1
📢 New in NeuroImage:
“Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach”
by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery
“Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach”
by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery
Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach
The present study examined an integrated multiple neuroimaging modality (T1 structural, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), and resting-state FMRI (rsFMRI…
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
📢 New in NeuroImage:
“Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach”
by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery
“Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach”
by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery
📢 New Research from the BU Center for Brain Recovery:
CBR researchers examined how to predict aphasia severity (WAB-R AQ) post-stroke using machine learning + multimodal MRI.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Stroke #AphasiaRecovery #MachineLearning #Neuroimaging #Neurorehab #MLinNeuro #Research
CBR researchers examined how to predict aphasia severity (WAB-R AQ) post-stroke using machine learning + multimodal MRI.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Stroke #AphasiaRecovery #MachineLearning #Neuroimaging #Neurorehab #MLinNeuro #Research
August 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📢 New Research from the BU Center for Brain Recovery:
CBR researchers examined how to predict aphasia severity (WAB-R AQ) post-stroke using machine learning + multimodal MRI.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Stroke #AphasiaRecovery #MachineLearning #Neuroimaging #Neurorehab #MLinNeuro #Research
CBR researchers examined how to predict aphasia severity (WAB-R AQ) post-stroke using machine learning + multimodal MRI.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#Stroke #AphasiaRecovery #MachineLearning #Neuroimaging #Neurorehab #MLinNeuro #Research
Reposted by Swathi Kiran@Center for Brain Recovery at BU
Dr. Swathi Kiran Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of #JSLHR. Dr. Kiran will begin her term on January 1, succeeding Dr. Julie Washington. Welcome, Dr. Kiran, & thanks to Dr. Washington! on.asha.org/4orylYe
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social
Swathi Kiran Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of JSLHR - ASHA Journals Academy
The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR) is pleased to announce the selection of Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP as incoming editor-in-chief of the language section of the journal. Dr....
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August 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Dr. Swathi Kiran Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of #JSLHR. Dr. Kiran will begin her term on January 1, succeeding Dr. Julie Washington. Welcome, Dr. Kiran, & thanks to Dr. Washington! on.asha.org/4orylYe
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social
Over 60% of this year's Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference attendees were students/trainees!
Thank you to all of our student/trainee attendees who shared their research in the form of a poster or talk and congratulations to our 18 travel award winners!
#NEWconf2025
Thank you to all of our student/trainee attendees who shared their research in the form of a poster or talk and congratulations to our 18 travel award winners!
#NEWconf2025
August 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Over 60% of this year's Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference attendees were students/trainees!
Thank you to all of our student/trainee attendees who shared their research in the form of a poster or talk and congratulations to our 18 travel award winners!
#NEWconf2025
Thank you to all of our student/trainee attendees who shared their research in the form of a poster or talk and congratulations to our 18 travel award winners!
#NEWconf2025
Day 2 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference featured engaging presentations from global leading researchers, with discussions about #AI, sensing & modeling for #neurorehabilitation, and real-world #brainscience.
Keynote Speaker:
Keynote Speaker:
July 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Day 2 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference featured engaging presentations from global leading researchers, with discussions about #AI, sensing & modeling for #neurorehabilitation, and real-world #brainscience.
Keynote Speaker:
Keynote Speaker:
Day 1 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference included talks from notable researchers and industry experts from around the world, discussing topics of #neuroprosthetics #neuromodulation and #neurotechnology.
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Day 1 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference included talks from notable researchers and industry experts from around the world, discussing topics of #neuroprosthetics #neuromodulation and #neurotechnology.
There is still time! Submit your paper on #Cross-linguistic and #multicultural perspectives on #assessment and #treatment for aphasia for Aphasiology! think.taylorandfranc...
July 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
There is still time! Submit your paper on #Cross-linguistic and #multicultural perspectives on #assessment and #treatment for aphasia for Aphasiology! think.taylorandfranc...
Yes! This is a new initiative at the NAA! Please share with your clients and send any interesting papers our way. @annakasdan.bsky.social is spearheading this effort!
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes! This is a new initiative at the NAA! Please share with your clients and send any interesting papers our way. @annakasdan.bsky.social is spearheading this effort!
Join us Monday, July 14th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST for a talk by Jennifer Mack, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Register now at http://bit.ly/3GAlWA8
Register now at http://bit.ly/3GAlWA8
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us Monday, July 14th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST for a talk by Jennifer Mack, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Register now at http://bit.ly/3GAlWA8
Register now at http://bit.ly/3GAlWA8